Whether you’re a photographer or simply an aspiring one, you’re going to be pulled in a million different directions with your business. Between emails, accounting, marketing, retouching and photographing clients, a solid workflow is something that can help you keep your sanity.

So you want to start your own Vlog, but you don't have a budget to justify buying a DSLR capable of video... just yet. That's okay! I'm going to show you how to create a high quality Vlog using nothing more than your cell phone.

Every year for the first 27 years of my life, I would make a list of goals for myself and by the end of the year, I’d inevitably fail at accomplishing any of them. 2016 was a different year however. I was focused, driven and committed to doing the impossible, accomplishing the goals that I set for myself. It’s a brand new year and I want to teach you how to do the same. Here’s 3 SIMPLE ways of accomplishing your goals in 2017.

New year New Me? How about you put your money where your mouth is? Here's 5 of my favorite business books that helped me maximize my efforts in 2016. (p.s. I read a ton.. these books were the best return on my time.)

It's December 31st, 2016 and I'm sitting at the same Dunkin Donuts that I spent early mornings, writing both of my first two books, Photographing Men and Photographing Women. This year has been nothing short of a whirlwind and I'm blessed to say that it's been a great year of self reflection and self discovery. I learned what’s possible if you’re willing to actually work for it and you're not afraid to fail.

Over the course of the last couple of years, I’ve been using Eizo monitors exclusively for everything from retouching to print proofing still images. They’ve been an invaluable asset in my editing workflow for stills, but something that I don’t often mention is that I also use them as my main video editing monitor. Why? Because the technology affords a smart workflow that fits my lifestyle and my mindset as an artist. I appreciate Refined Simplicity.

Regardless if you're using continuous lights or studio strobes, you're going to need to use lighting modifiers in order to better control the quality and direction of your light. For this article, I'm going to describe an assortment of different lighting accessories that I often use on set.

Following up on the success of his first book, Photographing Men, photographer and author Jeff Rojas has created a companion book that covers everything you need to know about photographing women. Unlike so many other books on the market that focus on photographing women—which are often just a collection of images that show different posing and lighting setups—in Photographing Women: Posing, Lighting, and Shooting Techniques for Portrait and Fashion, Jeff actually teaches you what you need to know in order to create great images.